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Rose Ochi, trailblazer for civil rights and Japanese American causes, dies at 81 [Los Angeles Times]


Rose Ochi, trailblazer for civil rights and Japanese American causes, dies at 81 [Los Angeles Times]
Rose Matsui Ochi, a trailblazing Los Angeles attorney who tapped far-flung political networks from City Hall to Congress in her fierce advocacy of civil rights, criminal justice reform and Japanese American causes, has died at 81.
Ochi died Dec. 13 at a local hospital after being diagnosed with a second bout of COVID-19, which exacerbated existing health problems, her husband, Thomas Ochi, said.
Ochi broke barriers as the first Asian American woman to serve as a Los Angeles Police Commission member and as an assistant U.S. attorney general. She advised L.A. Mayors Tom Bradley and James Hahn on criminal justice, served on President Carter’sSelect Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy and worked with President Clinton on drug policy and race relations. ....

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